Back in the game, I'm still the big devil

The sixth stage: hilly stage; total length: 191 kilometers.

The seventh stage: flat stage; total length: 168 kilometers.

The entire Dadi team performed mediocre in both stages.

After all, all the traditional strong teams no longer have any reservations, and have begun to show their strength.

The most successful is the Renault team that seized the opportunity.

They sent four riders to escort "Yellow Jacket" Spark, and started the "big train".

"Train driving" is a common tactic, which means that the drivers of the team line up and take turns to lead the acceleration in front - the advantage of this tactic is that the "leader" in the last section of the "train" will use the teammates to create The forward airflow saves energy to the greatest extent.

The four "deputies" of the Renault team to "drive the train" for Spark are all well-known and capable players in the car industry.

That's why other teams are so envious of the Renault team: such a strong lineup is actually escorting Spark, willing to be a green leaf-this is really extravagant and wasteful!

Roy performed well in these two stages. His total score is still No.1 in "Young People's Own World", so he is still wearing a white shirt.

During these two stages, he paid attention to Arthur's movements, and he was basically able to confirm the common guess he and coach Victor had made:

Arthur's status in the Polaris team has also improved-this young driver is no longer just the most junior and lowest-ranking "rabbit" and "waterman" in their team.

Arthur, like Roy, has proven himself to coaches and teammates.He will definitely do a lot in the next few stages.

Roy thought to himself: It seems that he and Arthur promoted each other in the first stage, and both shined brilliantly. At the same time, the fate of the two people was changed, and both of them had the opportunity to take on more important roles in their respective teams. duty.

The eighth stage: mountain stage; total length: 141 kilometers.

Ninth stage: mountain stage; total length: 153 kilometers.

These two mountain stages are arranged on Saturday and Sunday respectively, and the convention is a "big gift" for the audience.

Each of these two stages contains a "first level" (1C) long slope; the eighth stage also has a gravel road with abnormal bumps, which is a very grueling competition route.

But the more such a route, the more heroes can be created-acceleration, offense will coexist with mistakes and falling behind, and they will appear on such a challenging field at the same time.

This has always been the "hot spot" in the road cycling competition, and it is a "famous scene" that the audience loves to see.

Only after completing these two painful stages, all players will have a rest day on Monday.They will have a day to relax their tired bodies and strive to enter the next stage of the game refreshed.

In the eighth stage, the Dadi team's strategy is still to send the original No. [-] leader Alex out as a "rabbit", let Alex play freely, and see if he can win the polka-dot shirt and become the "rabbit". The King of Climbs".

Roy is still Nick's lieutenant, following Nick.

At the beginning of this stage, Roy found an opportunity to communicate with Arthur.

At this time, Roy was riding beside Nick.Together, the two are mixed in the main group.

Arthur and his teammates from the Baolai team just passed by Roy.

"Arthur!"

Roy greeted this old opponent with a smile that belonged to a "little fan".

Arthur let out a calm "hmm", his calm demeanor remained the same as before.

"There's something I want to ask you—"

The racing car under Roy unconsciously moved closer to Arthur.

"Have you recently..."

Roy was phrasing how he should speak to Arthur:

——Have you started to be valued recently, has the team let you take the initiative to charge?

——Is there any chance for us to have a showdown in which stage in the next stage?

——Do you... have a chance to become the head coach of Baolai Racing?

For the prospect of this Tour de France, Roy was suddenly inexplicably full of expectations.

Arthur turned his face to look at Roy.

At this moment, he was not wearing goggles, and a pair of clean and clear eyes just met Roy's.

"Ok?"

Still didn't say a word, but the inquiry and concern were written in Arthur's eyes.

Roy scratched his head, and when the words came to his lips, he suddenly didn't know what to say.

It seems that it is abrupt to ask any question - after all, they are not on the same team.

This is really funny, even if Roy is facing the harsh and tricky media, there is nothing he can't handle.And he himself never imagined that Roy, who has always been sophisticated and unrestrained, would have today.

No way - Roy thought, is Arthur his old opponent?

Unexpectedly, at this moment, the faucet of Roy's racing car swung suddenly, and quickly moved away from Roy.

In the blink of an eye, Roy felt a huge force sweeping from his side.

He suddenly lost his balance, and the whole person flew out of the car. When he landed, he felt his arms and the waist, buttocks, and legs on the same side directly brushed against the asphalt road, burning hot.

Someone beside him screamed——

It's Nick's voice!

Nick has been riding by Roy's side.

Soon Roy heard the sound of his bicycle helmet hitting the ground.

He knew he had crashed.

But he doesn't know why.

Today's wind direction is very good, it is head wind, and there is no side wind that can easily make people lose their balance②.

He was side by side with Arthur and Nick, and his speed was not too fast.

With such doubts, Roy fell into a brief coma——

Roy, the big devil who monopolizes the yellow jerseys of the Tour de France, suffered a very serious "crash" at the end of his career.

It was in the final stretch of an open race.

The teammates who trusted Roy so much had retreated one by one, leaving the grand stage to Roy alone.

Among all the final sprint players, Roy's position is not ideal.

But he is very confident: this seemingly "difficult mode" formation is nothing to the "big devil".

Next, he will rush out from a diagonal thrust from an unexpected position, and rush to the finish line with an unimaginable rhythm and speed.

Roy activates—

Then he crashed.

Just like this time, Roy couldn't remember how he fell the car before he lost consciousness-it all happened too fast.

However, at this moment, the reborn Roy suddenly remembered that before the car crash in his previous life, at the last moment in his memory, he happened to meet a pair of pure eyes.

Even after so many years in the car world, he still maintains simplicity and honesty——

Those were Arthur's eyes.

"Roy—"

An anxious shout sounded in the earphones, it was the voice of head coach Victor.

Roy opened his eyes suddenly, turned over and sat up from the ground.

His shoulders, waist, legs...the right half of his body felt hot pain everywhere.

He moved his body a little, and his experience told him: most of them were flesh injuries, and the muscles and bones should be fine.

He looked up at the situation around him——

He and Nick had been riding in the main group before, and they were surrounded by riders from various teams.

Now, apart from Nick, there are two or three other team players who were obviously affected and are helping the car to stand up again.

The main group that has not been affected has been riding far ahead.

"Roy, go and see how Nick is doing." Victor gave Roy instructions through the headset.

"Hold on!" The voice of the assistant coach sounded almost at the same time, "The equipment truck will be at your place soon, and the medical truck will be here soon."

Roy immediately got up from the ground and went to help Nick first.

Several spectators who had been watching on the side of the road wanted to come forward to help, but Roy declined politely. At this time, if non-professionals help, they can only help more and more.

"His wheel just now," a spectator shouted at Roy in French, "pressed on a kettle..."

Roy followed the directions of the audience and looked towards the side of the road.

What I saw still rolling by the side of the road was a professional sports plastic water bottle.

I don't know if it was the unethical guy in the front team who drank the water, but didn't throw the empty water bottle away, and left it on the road.

Nick was too unlucky, the wheel directly hit the hard plastic water bottle and skidded, not only lost his balance and fell off the car, but also brought Roy and two or three other drivers down.

Roy went to help Nick up, and he instinctively felt that the other party was not in a good state.

Nick's face was pale, and he smiled reluctantly at Roy: "Please!"

Roy bent over to pick up Nick's car, a burning pain in the back of his shoulder and arm.

Roy pushed the racing car to Nick's side and saw Nick get into the car with a grin on his face.He supported Nick's car seat, quickly pushed it a few steps, pushed Nick's car out forcefully, and immediately broke out in a cold sweat from the pain.

Roy gasped as he watched Nick start pedaling hard.

He turned his head and saw that the mechanical car had arrived. The mechanics in the team rushed down from the car and helped Roy's car up. After checking that the car was in good condition, he quickly helped Roy into the car. Yi just like that, pushed a few steps, and sent Roy out.

Roy had several large abrasions on his body.His white jersey was made of light and thin material, and the jersey was broken in several places where the injury occurred, exposing the wounds on Roy's skin.

These wounds are quite comfortable when they are blown by the dry and hot south wind.

But once the beads of sweat on Roy's body rolled down and landed on these wounds, Roy could only describe his current state with the words "pain until he wakes up".

He gritted his teeth and accelerated, catching up with Nick in front.

"Nick, are you okay?"

Roy kicked hard twice, trying to overtake Nick.

"I'll take you. Let's catch up with the team group ahead."

This is his task in this competition—he and Nick, the two players with the highest overall scores in the Dadi team, must firmly follow the main group today, and they must also stand in front of the final high-level slope. Can't lose too much time.

Only in this way can they keep hope in the next half of the journey.

Unexpectedly, Nick sighed beside Roy.

"Sorry……"

"I'm not a qualified commander."

Roy turned his head in shock, just in time to see Nick slowing down.

In the distance, the medical vehicle is roaring towards.

"Roy, I can't finish the race with you guys."

Nick didn't look like he had fallen hard, and he didn't even have a bruise.

On the contrary, Roy was the one who looked messed up and miserable.

But Nick's face became paler and paler.

When Roy saw him stop, he raised his hand to cover his eyes.

The Grand Tour is the dream of every professional driver.

They do boring training day after day, eat healthy but unpalatable food every day...

This is already the eighth stage, if Nick can persist, how can he stop and give up.

At some point, there was silence on the other end of the radio—both the head coach and the assistant coaches stopped speaking.

At this moment, Roy empathized with Nick's feelings.

Forced to give up a Grand Tour that has already been halfway through, if it is not a last resort... no driver is willing to torture himself like this.

Roy really wants to replace Nick and become the main player in the team-nothing can stop his ambition.

But all of this should be built on the basis that his competitive level surpasses Nick, and the trust he has gained surpasses Nick——

It should not be built on a kettle that was accidentally left behind.

At this time, Nick raised his head, and suddenly found Roy who was hesitating and unable to move forward.

"Roy, rush forward—"

"you can!"

Nick suddenly yelled at Roy at the top of his voice.

The intense regret in his heart changed the tone of his voice.

"I only have you—you teammates!"

Nick fought back not wanting to cry.

At the age when his career was at a bottleneck, he was forced to withdraw from this Tour de France because of such a stupid mistake, a water bottle... all previous efforts were in vain, and his participation record will only be " Not finished" three words.

But he still has teammates.

Nick looked at Roy who turned his head frequently, and suddenly shouted excitedly: "Roy, you should hurry up!"

Roy wore a white helmet covered in dust.The jersey on his body was riddled with holes, and the frayed holes showed wounds.

But when he heard the general's "entrustment", he suddenly propped up his body and started to move forward.On the wide country road, only Roy rushed forward alone - the distance between him and the main group was getting closer little by little.

The author has something to say: ①[Big train/drive train]: As mentioned in the article, this is a common tactic for road bikes.This tactic is often used in large teams with a lot of talent.

We often see in these teams, riders wearing the same jersey are lined up, and the last person is the leader wearing the jersey.

Generally speaking, the train cannot complete the journey, and the deputy generals in the front will gradually fall behind and "retire" due to lack of physical strength. At the end, the chief general will sprint by himself-so, behind every yellow jersey, there is a A dedicated team.

②【Crosswind】: Also called "crosswind".In road cycling, the wind has a huge impact on the riders.

The wind will be divided into "head wind", "tail wind" and "side wind".Among them, the "crosswind" greatly affects the stability of the driver when riding a bicycle, and requires the driver to expend more physical strength and energy.At the same time, "crosswind" is also the most likely to cause crash accidents inexplicably.